"Jotham, is it true? Is Mirabel really back? Did you really go to the airport to welcome her?" Julie fired off all her prepared questions on her husband, Jotham. Her heart is pounding in her chest as she awaits his response. They've been married for four years yet they live like strangers. Their marriage has been a secret that not even their closest friends know they were married. She had heard on the news that Jotham had gone to welcome his girlfriend at the airport, but she didn't want to believe it. She was hoping it wasn't true. She was hoping it wasn't Jotham, her husband. Jotham hummed casually, as if her questions held no weight to him, "Yes, Mirabel is back." Julie's heart sank into her belly, and tears lingered in her eyes. Mirabel was to marry Jotham four years back but she had suddenly vanished on the wedding day. Her, being the sister was forced to stand in for Mirabel. The truth was, as unfortunate as the incident was then, she was not unhappy, and that was because s
Five years later, a man lay sick at the most reserved special VIP ward of the biggest hospital in the city. His bodyguards mount the entry of both the ward and all entrances to the hospital heavily. Everyone in the hospital was aware that a very powerful man was in there, but no one knew his identity. The man suddenly grunted angrily, "And where's that doctor?" He raised his wrist up to check the time on his 'Graff Diamonds Hallucination' watch. It's been an hour since he had been told that the most renowned doctor of the time will come to attend to him but she's not here yet. After all, all the other doctors that had worked on him had been unsuccessful. His friend, Murray, who was standing by his bed, said, "Doctor J might have so many tasks on hand, after all, she's being sought by many sick billionaires in the world. Let's just be patient. She had given us her word that she'll come and I believe she'll keep to it." Just then, the door opened, and the CEO of the hospital walked
"Far away from you? That's not happening." Jotham said determinedly. "Julie, I promise to make it up this time. I truly regret many of my actions then. It may be too hard to forgive me, but you have to. You know we are made for each other, Julie. You know it deep down inside of you." "No." She shook her head, her face filled with disgust, "we are not made for each other. And why aren't you married yet to Mirabel? After all, you divorced me just because of her." She requested. When Jotham was about to respond, the door opened forcefully and a giant figure walked in. "Grandpa," Jotham called, his voice had hints of emotions this time. The expression on the old man's face speaks clearly that the man is boiling in rage. "Let go!" The man yelled at Jotham. Jotham let go of Julie at once. The old man approached her, "Julie..." He called emotionally. The old man almost had tears pouring from his eyes. The old man had always liked Julie ever since Jotham got married to her. When they d
"I'm not hiding anything; I'll be pleased if he doesn't know." She pleaded. He sighed, "fine. But I'm not promising." Afterwards, he left the ward. Julie went to examine her two daughters again, this time around, checking their temperature and their blood pressure since she was a doctor herself. Meanwhile, the first thing Murray did when he met with Jotham was report, "The two beautiful girls I almost hit belong to Julie."Jotham's face flashed. "Julie has kids?""I was surprised myself," Murray said.Jotham's mood became discombobulated. "It's time, the investors are already waiting." Murray reminded Jotham they were to attend a meeting while checking his wristwatch. Both friends were currently at the bar. Jotham had angrily left the hospital after his encounter with Julie. "Cancel it!" Jotham said and poured himself a glass cup of wine. After sipping it all in at once, he clenched his fist secretly. A lot was going on in his mind. "I believe you know the consequences," Murray
Julie immediately turned back to where Trevor was; her eyes flashed when she didn't see him on the seat again. Fear gripped her heart tight. She stood at once from the long stool she was seated on. "What in the world have you done to him? Where is he? I'll kill you if anything happens to him."Jotham wasn't moved by her shouts and threats. Instead, he was angered and hurt that she cared this much for another man. "I asked where he is?" She screamed, her voice echoing in her chest. "You won't get the answer you seek by shouting at me." He spoke gently. This angered Julie even more. She immediately left his presence and ran outside, hoping to see Trevor somewhere. Not seeing him, she barged into the male toilets but still didn't see him there. "Has he been kidnapped by this psycho?" Her heartbeat had increased so much that it had caused her high blood pressure. She was almost losing her feet while searching vigorously for Trevor when someone suddenly caught her from falling. Seeing
The wound on Jotham's cheek hurt a bit but that's nothing compared to the anger in Julie’s eyes when she’d thrown those objects at him.On the bright side, he’d rather have her angry at him than be met with nothingness and indifference, he thought. If Julie could get angry at him then there might be an opportunity for him to turn that feeling of anger back to the love that she had once had for him.He was soon in a VIP ward of the same hospital that Julie was. “The injury is not that deep. I'll just have to clean it and put a plaster on it and you’ll be good to go,” one of the attending doctors told him. He had gone there to fix the minor injury on his cheek. He nodded absentmindedly; he was more worried about how to ensure that Julie divorced her husband and came back to him. He had let her slip away once, but he was resolute in his pursuit of her this time.He suddenly stood and said to the doctor that had just finished attending to him, “My family donates so much to this hospita
As soon as Jotham stepped out, Julie slammed the door shut, but even that did not deter him. Instead, it made his resolve to win Julie even become stronger.He got a call from Murray on his way back. “I told you canceling the meeting was going to have consequences.”“Damn those investors! They’re the last people on this goddamn earth I want to deal with right now.”“Sorry to break it to you but your company wouldn’t be where it is now without them. I’ve had your secretary schedule another meeting with them in the morning. And call your grandpa, he’s not happy about the way things are going.”Jotham hung up before hitting his steering wheel with unnecessary force. His grandpa was already pissed at him because of Julie. Grandpa picked on the first ring. “You have a better work ethic than this Jotham. What has gotten into you?”"Julie is what is wrong with me,” he answered with no restrictions. “I need to win her back. She’s right there in front of me yet she feels so far away. What am
Murray's eyes scanned his social media feed and then saw the rumors that had been circulating. It was about Jotham. A picture of him leaving a mysterious woman's house had been spreading all over the internet like wildfire. He tried to guess who the woman in the picture could be. Then his mind trailed to Julie... gods! It's Julie. He had muttered. But it's a good thing her face was obscured in that trending picture. He immediately put a call through to Jotham, explaining the recent update to him."That's ridiculous," Jotham muttered. "Don't they have real news to report instead of speculating about my personal life?"“Jotham, you talk like you do not know how popular you are," Murray said. "But for real, this can get bad real quick. Your relationship with Mirable had been unstable, you just have to make an official statement about breaking off your relationship with Mirabel, and it will no longer be news if you choose to hang out with anyone." “No one knows about our engagement, I
There were only two things Jotham could do to protect Julie and the kids.One, turn Mirabel into the police and have her locked up for attempted murder. Two. Get them to stay with him while he finds a better way to deal with Mirabel and Marcus. Because locking Mirabel up first would make it harder to get her accomplice. Jotham had the recording of Mirabel’s confession on his phone, but he couldn’t use it yet until he found a way to link it to Marcus and bring him down, too. He should’ve dealt with him immediately after the drug incident. He took the bottle of liquor and poured himself a generous amount. All he could think of since the dinner he had with Mirabel was how the situation could’ve turned ugly. Cause what if the kid hadn't recovered?“The doctor said the results would be ready before the weekend. Want me to help you collect them?” Murray approached and asked. Jotham, deep in his thoughts answered. “Sure. You can bring it straight to the conference hall. And do you think
Mirabel had received a text from Jotham telling her to dress up for dinner and come meet him at the address he sent. Her best guess? He was going to break up with her publicly. Rightfully so. The game was coming to an end, but not for Mirabel. She had one last move to make on the chessboard.That day, she took extra care of her makeup and her hair. She’d cry, it was an easy task for her. It was staying pretty while that was the work, she had to look flawless in her pictures. After that, she rewarded herself with a glass of wine. Not everyone had the brains to pull off what she did. She knew that they’d collected the sample and sent it to the hospital and that in a couple of days, the paternity test results would be out. She could already guess what the result would be.Jotham was the father of the twins. She’d always thought of him as a smart businessman but he was downright dumb to the truth that was glaring in his face. She laughed a little on the inside. Her sister was a cunt.
The rumors that had been circulating online had taken a toll on Julie; it had been a hassle taking Astrid back to the hospital for her checkup cause she was trying to constantly avoid the media. Vesper sat beside Astrid, reading her stories. It made Julie grateful that they had each other. The doorbell rang and she froze. She’d become fidgety cause of the numerous bad comments she had read online lately. She was scared that the hate that Mirabel's fans were displaying online would somehow make it to her door. She wasn't just worried about herself—she was greatly worried about the kids too. Mirabel's fans can be very toxic. In walking over to the door, her face morphed into anger when she saw Jotham. She only let him in the cause of how caring he had been towards Astrid. She thinks avoiding Jotham is best for now even though he has been nothing but good and kind towards her and her kids. Sometimes, she secretly wished that they were actually a happy family. Jotham had really chang
"Julie, don't say a word. I'll have my lawyer file a lawsuit against them all." He guided Julie and Astrid inside the car while ignoring the many questions the media were spilling on his face. A few days later, the company was buzzing with whispers and hot takes about their CEO whose affair was plastered all over blogs and verified X pages.Another emergency board meeting had been immediately scheduled. This time, Jotham was not having it. He needs to find out who is fueling the media against him and handle them himself. The conference room was soon filled up. The investors were present, and so were the PR and the marketing team.Jotham just sat quietly. He wouldn’t have to fault the board on whatever decision they made; he has his own plans anyway. His supposed affair was the most talked about gossip that week. And the worst part of it all was that they were dragging Julie online for being a homewrecker. He could handle anything that was thrown at him, but he wouldn’t stand by and
Jotham looked at her like she’d grown two heads. He was confused as to what she was talking about and what the commotion in front of the hospital was.“Pictures are circulating on the net of you and Julie leaving your house together. They’re saying that Julie’s kids are yours and that you’re having an affair with her.” Mirabel explained better. I wish that were true, Jotham thought to himself. “It’s not news that I’m trying to win Julie back. As for her kids, we all know they’re not mine—these damn rumors are beginning to get on my nerves. Don’t they have anything better to do?”“Not exactly. To them, we’re engaged, remember? From the public's perspective, you’re cheating on me with my sister. You need to see what they’ve been saying in the media. It's worse.” Julie exhaled through her mouth, she just couldn’t catch a break. What the hell was she supposed to do now?She’d spent years hiding away from the media, living a lowkey life, and keeping her children from the public eye. It s
“You all think the worst of me anyway. I can't even drop my own sister off. I hope the child gets better." Mirabel said. Jotham was about to respond when his head suddenly began to spin and he almost lost balance. “Are you alright?” Julie was alarmed, supporting him with her hand. “Do you want to go back inside and rest?He blinked severally trying to focus on the images in front of him. “Please take her home, Mirabel. I don’t think it's safe for me to drive." "I’ll walk you to the car,” he said to Julie. “You do not have to walk me down. Just go and rest, okay?" Julie insisted she didn't know why she was this worried about him. He had been up all these hours just because of a daughter he didn't even know was his. A notification suddenly came in on Mirabel’s phone, after seeing the content, she said, “It’s fine, let him walk you to the car at least. I’ve parked my car not too far from here."Mirabel led the way, schooling her face into one of agony and betrayal. Years of watching
They all waited outside for the blood transfusion to be finished. Julie was a nervous mess unable to sit still while Mirabel scrolled away on her phone. It was almost midnight when they were finally done. Julie sprang up from where she was sitting the moment the doctor came out of the room. “Doctor, how did it go?”He took off his gloves. “It went really well. The donor and the patient are both fine. Your daughter will have to remain in the hospital, though; we need to check her vitals and then monitor her for some time to ensure there are no delayed reactions. Like a fever or allergic responses, you know how these things work.”“It’s alright, I’m just glad that she’s okay.”The doctor put a reassuring hand on her shoulder before leaving to attend to his other patients.Mirabel came up to her. “I’m very glad everything is fine. I wouldn’t have been able to live with myself if anything happened to your daughter.”Julie met her with a blank stare. She was tired of putting up with her
Mirabel watched it unfold right before her eyes. The nervousness when Trevor was entering the examination room. The grand finale was right around the corner and she was excited. She shot off a text to an unsaved contact. “Handled the bakery yet?”The response came in two seconds. “Yes.”Everything was going according to plan. The secret photographer had just sent her the shots he took of Julie leaving Jotham’s house dressed in his clothes.They were perfect, her face was showing. You couldn’t deny that it was photoshopped. Name a better mastermind than Mirabel. All tracks were covered. Mirabel intended to unleash a shocking revelation, cleverly manipulating the narrative to portray herself as the injured party. The people’s sympathy would get her a lot of monetary compensation. She stood up as soon as Trevor walked out of the examination office. “When are you ready to go in? It’s been two hours already.” Jotham was shooting off. “Aren’t they supposed to test you and all of that be
Julie could not believe her ears. She knew straight away that there was no way in hell Mirabel had magically found herself in the same place as Jotham. “Liar!” Julie called to her face. “You’re a goddamn liar! You poisoned my children! What did they ever do to you?” Mirabel’s face twisted in agony, like she had been accused of the most cruel thing. “I might not be the most loving person in the world but I would never ever hurt children. If I have a problem I’ll settle it with you. I can’t believe you’re accusing me of such a thing.”People were beginning to gather in the hallway to know what was going on. Everyone recognized Dr. Julie and wondered what the problem was.Jotham tried to handle the situation. “Look, let's get a donor first and then we can settle this later. You’re with your phone, right? Call Trevor, he’s our best bet since he’s the father of the kids.”Mirabel smiled a little on the inside. They couldn’t be so sure about that, which was why she’d taken the risk and we